Women Are Watching Porn More Than Ever Before

Plus, three more surprising things we learned from a new study.

Who knows more about porn than PornHub? The online behemoth shared some data with Mic this week about its users' preferences, and they are ... interesting. Here are some revelations we thought you might share with your boss at the office party. Just kidding!

Data issues aside, the 18 to 34-year-old demographic is all about that stream, er, watching stuff on their phone. In fact, 60 percent of them do so. Desktop use (so overrated) accounts for a measly 33 percent.

Monday is Porn Day.

Nothing like the start of another work week to get you riled up. Saturday is the least popular day to indulge, perhaps because people are actually socializing. No word yet on why Wednesday didn't make the cut.

Yes, women watch porn, too.

Yes, the majority (74 percent) of porn viewers are men. But you probably didn't think 24 percent of the audience was women, and more than ever before in fact. Considering boomer women comprise 21 percent of the audience, we say this is progress.

When it comes to search, it's incest and Oedpius.

For whatever reason, "step mom," "milf," "mom," and "step sister" made the top seven search terms, says Pornhub. As Dr. Chauntelle Tibbals, author of Exposure: A Sociologist Explores Sex, Society, and Adult Entertainment, told Vice: the commonplace mixed with the taboo may explain the appeal. Emphasis on may.

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